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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
190 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
389 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
149 days
258 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
87 days
349 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
382 days
389 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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156 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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131 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
88 days
75 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
25 days
236 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
175 days
162 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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63 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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38 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
September 1 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
42 days
179 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
102 days
247 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
85 days
264 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
243 days
194 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
127 days
407 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
238 days
349 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
485 days
114 days
David G Bell
Halifax
190 days
512 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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169 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
141 days
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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Kenneth Rent
Kentville
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442 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
32 days
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Thomas Skinner
Halifax
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155 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
19 days
74 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
101 days
51 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
75 days
135 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
52 days
237 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
84 days
247 days
David G Bell
Halifax
35 days
302 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
164 days
265 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
400 days
54 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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105 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
56 days
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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Kenneth Rent
Kentville
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233 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
26 days
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Thomas Skinner
Halifax
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85 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 2021
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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